ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023
Age and gender differences in expressive flexibility and the association with depressive symptoms in adolescents.
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- Research on changes in psychological, physical fatigue and emotional states in the National Youth Orienteering Preparation Camp.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- How Do Adolescents' Perceptions of Parenting and Their Behavior Shape Each Other? The Bidirectional Relationship Between Perceived Parenting Styles, Emotion Regulation, and Prosocial Behavior.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- Flexible Regulation of Positive and Negative Emotion Expression: Reexamining the Factor Structure of the Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression Scale (FREE) Based on Emotion Valence.Journal of Intelligence · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: This study investigated age and gender differences in the ability to flexibly enhance and suppress facial expressions according to situational demands, known as expressive flexibility (EF), as well as its relationship with depressive symptoms in adolescents. Methods: The participants included 766 Chinese high school students aged between 12 and 18 years (mean age = 14.96 years, standard deviation = 2.04; 52.2% female). Data on EF and depressive symptoms were collected using self-report questionnaires. Results: Girls scored higher on enhancement abilities than boys, but with no significant gender difference in suppression abilities. There were also no significant age-related differences in enhancement and suppression abilities. Only enhancement ability was negatively associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusion: The development of EF abilities was stable among adolescents, with varying effects in terms of gender, and the importance of EF and enhancement abilities in reducing depressive symptoms in adolescents was highlighted.
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